Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 March 1940 — Page 5

URSDAY, MARCH 14, ee —_— — — THEIND Veteran Caller and Ticket Seller Watch Traction Center Dwindle in Importance

“NLRB TO HOLD

~ TWO ELECTIONS

. =~ National Malleable Workers + Will Vote on Two Unions Tomorrow.

The National Labor Relations Board office today announced em-{loyee-representation elections to be 0 bare and at Marion, Ind., and the agreement of an Evansville firm o reinstate employees with back y. © Employees of the National Malle-

olmes. Ave., wil" vote tomorrow on Whether they want to be represented by the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers of Nortll America, Lodge No. 1311 $(C. I. OJ, or th: ? Workers Association, Inc. : i An election will be held within 30 days at the Farnsworth Television | ~tand Radio Corp. at Marion, Ind. i to determine whether the employees | f Want to be represented by the In- | # ternational Brotherhood of Electrical 2 Workers, B1160 (A. F. of L.. i % . The Board reported that Servel,! Inc., of Evansville, Ind., had agreed to reinstate five employees with| $500 back pay each and to divide : 3 $1000 among six other workers.- | The Board at Washington ap-| proved a stipulation setting charges of unfair labor practices against the company and dismissing allegations that the firm had discriminated against 23 other workers. The company agreed to withdraw all recognition from the Servel Workers Council and to “cease ¢ dominating” the Council. The com- , pany also agreed to cease dis-/ % couraging membership in the United « Electrical, Radio and Machine + Workers (C. I. O.), and to avoid ; any other interference: with the; i right of employees to organize.

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Interurban Traffic Has Dropped From 596 to About 100 Daily.

By LEO DAUGHERTY

“Bus for Plainfield, Brazil, Terre Haute—on Track No. 6, leaving at — The stentorian voice of James Williams droned the call at the

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James Williams. . . . “All aboard for——"

Traction Terminal. It has for a

dozen years or more. At the ticket window, Thomas Jefferson Gore sold a passenger a ticket for the interurban to Ft. Warne. He has been selling those tickets for 36 years. : The dwindling ranks of riders wonder where Mr. Williams’ voice will ring out, where Mr. Gore will sell his tickets if persistent reports

are true that the Traction Terminal,

Thomas J. Gore. . . . “T

KEY STUNTS 70 BE WEDNESDAY

The Blue Key-Hole Stunts, annual hi-jinks at Butler University, will be held Wednesday hy Blue Key, senior men’s honorary fraternity. ca” Pledges for 1940-41 will be announced during the presentation of the skits, according to Angelo Angelopolous, organization president. Five campus . fraternities and other men’s organizations will take

part in the stunts.

Committee chairmen include Jerome Steiner, rules and regulations, Robert Connor, judges; John Shiel, location; and Harold Howenstine, program. Robert Lawson and Robert Fleetwood will assist. The Butler University 80-voice choir, directed by Joseph Lautner, will present an Easter morning program at the, Zaring Theater fou members of the Third Christian Church Christian Men's Builders class. ; The choir is to present a Good Friday program at the North Meridian Fpiscopal Church. Bishop Titus Lowe of Methodist Church

f | Indianapolis District will speak.

; Times Photo. ickets for where, please?”

“the largest in the -world,” is to be reduced to zero. With the passing of the once farflung traction system and the substitution of busses, reports have it that the big train shed is to come down and that busses will pull in and out elsewhere. In his capacity as station master Mr. Williams fs boss caller. Thousands have looked to him to give them the cue to their train or bus for a journey’s start. Admitting that it was sort of a strange apprenticeship, Mr. Williams sold tickets in the terminal's heyday and was a conductor on the | Anderson-Muncie traction nefore he | became the terminal vocal star. His | service totals 21 years in all. When Caller Williams started that job in 1928 13 traction lines were in operation and there were more than 500 interurbans in and out daily.

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Busses were few. Something like 35,000 people passed in and out of the station daily, most of them listening for the voice of Mr. Williams or one of his four aids to serve notice on them of their carriers arrival or time of departure. . It was along about 1930 that the interurbans started disappearing, busses appearing in their stead. But there was still plenty of calling {to be done. Still plenty of help to give incoming, bewildered passen- | gers.

“A lot of them come from small; towns,” Mr. Williams smiled. “They | know everyone there. There are! 400,000 people here and they think! I should know everyone here and where they live.”

100 Cars Daily Now

Oddly enough he does in scores oft cases. Se Only about 3500 to 4000 people! pass through. the terminal daily | now. But there are about 515,

busses and 100 tractions in and out. While only three traction lines are

in operation, the traffic is swelled by the frequent runs on the Ft. Harrison run. So the changing mode has not lessened Mr. Williams’ burden. Every few minutes, a red cap or an aid informs him of an incoming carrier. He knows at once where it's bound. on what “track” and at what time, . :

It’s a Pleasant Voice

Without looking at a note, he {sings it out twice. If there are a dozen stops on the run, he drolls ‘them out right down the line in order. And he knows at what time leach stop will be reached. | His is not only a familiar, but a {pleasant voice to listen to. It has {the old Hoosier twist. He doesn’t | say Brazil or Peru—it's Bray-zil and | Pee-ru and so on. Ticket Agent Gore has been in transportation for more than 51 years. For 15 years before Will G. Irwin picked him as ticket agent when the terminal opened, he worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad as a More operator and ticket seller. Skeleton When He Began

The Indiana Railroad was a skeleton when he started. There were only short lines, to Greencastle, Greenwood, Plainfield and other nearby places. : He saw it grow into 13 divisions with 596 trains coming in and out daily in the heyday back in 1916 and 1917, and he had 13 ticket sellers to accommodate the passengers. Then he saw things go the other way; the electric lines today aren't

During his last 48 years, Mr. Gore has been so. busy watching things go up and down that he’s never been off a day because of sickness or otherwise, vacations, of. course, excepted. His only comment on the changing scene is: “I'm not one to cry over spilled milk.”

POST TO OBSERVE LEGION’S FOUNDING

The Tillman H. Harpole Post 249 of the American Legion and its auxiliary will hold a fish fry tonight at the post home, 2523 Northwestern Ave. to observe the 21st anniversary of the American Legion founding. Among the speakers will be James Ahren, state Legion membership chairman; Kirk Smith, Legion oratorical committee district chairman; Fred Hasselbring, 12th distrist membership chairman; Paul Gastenau, 12th district adjutant, and Mike Grider, 12th district com-. mander. :

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STUNTS al Baptist Leader fo Resig

The Rev. S. G. Huntington, director of finances of the Indiana Baptist convention, today announced his retirement, effective at the annual convention of the First Baptist Church to be held at Washing-

‘iton, Ind. Oct. 10-12, The Rev. Mr. Huntington, who!

lives at 3241 N. Capitol Ave. has raised more than one and one-third million dollars for the Church.

was commissioned by the Indiana Baptist Board of Promotion as district superintendent with services largely in Northern Indiana. After six years, Huntington was appointed extension secretary of the entire state. In 1928, he was appointed assistant

superintendent and director of finances. : : Since then he managed 210

He entered the ministry in 1892. | At Marion, Ind., in October 1916 he '|

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financial campaigns for the Baptis® churches in Indiana in addition to!

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The Rev. S. G. Huntington... . He’s ¢ raised more than $1,000,000.

Thirteen former Hoosier members of the Regular U. S. Army have enlisted in the Regular Army Reserve since Jan. 1, the recruiting office here said today. Honorably discharged former soldiers under 36 who are citizens and in good physical condition are eligible, recruiting officers in Room 416, Federal Building, say. Members of the reserve are. not called upon for any military service or examinations except when a state or national emergency .1s declared by the President. An enlist-

‘iment allowance of $2 a month is -allowed to enrollees. :

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